Cover for display-jars.



PATENTED MAY 30, 1905.

\ H. G. ROTH. COVER FOR DISPLAY JARS.

I APPLICATION FILED 1:153. 14 1905.

' Z/Dfizeaaei zd o W v #w m w m, J v M W M U ITED STATES Patented May30, 1905.

PATENT OFFIC COVER FOR DISPLAY-JARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,432, dated May 30,1905.

Original application filed December 8, 1904, Serial No. 235,924. Dividedand this application filed February 14, 1905. Serial No. 245,638.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,HENRY G. Born, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State 0Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Coversfor Display- Jars; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My present invention relates to covers for display-jars adapted for usein stores and elsewhere .to contain various articles to be sold, and hasfor its object to improve the construction of such covers in the severalparticulars hereinafter noted.

The invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of deviceshereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

The application is filed as a division of my pending application, SerialNo. 235,924, filed of date December 8, 1904, and entitled Retaildisplay-j are.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my present invention,like characters indicate li e parts throughout both views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved cover applied to a jar, someparts being broken away; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on theline 00 00 of Fig. 1.

The numeral 1 indicates a rectangular jar, which is constructed of glassor other suitable material. The jar 1 is adapted to be closed by aremovable lid or cover 2, which, asshown, is rectangular and rests uponthe upper edge of said jar, with its marginal portion projectingslightly beyond. Said cover 2 is formed with a depending andoutwardlyturned horizontal flange 3, that extends entirely around thesaid cover 2, but terminates inward of the margin thereof, and is spacedapart therefrom, so as to afford a marginal channel 4. The said flange 3fits loosely within the jar 1 and serves to hold the cover in properposition. A pliable end-.

less packing 5, of rubber, leather, or other suitable material, isplaced in the bottom of the channel 4. When the lid or cover 2 is turnedinto an approximately vertical position, as shown by dotted lines, Fig.2, it is adapted to be detachably inter-locked with the upper portion ofany one side of the jar 1 by dro ping the same with one side of thechanne 4 onto the said side of the ar. When the jar-cover is thusengaged with the side of the jar 1, the engaging portion of the flange 3and the opposite marglnal portion of the cover 2- embrace the edge ofthe jar and prevent the cover from falling either inward or outward.Otherwise stated, the

cover is then detachably interlocked with" the side flange of the jar 1and is held in an upright position. It is evident that the cover may beeasily detached from the flange of the jar when it is desired to turnthe same down, simply by raising the cover slightly as a preliminarystep. It is also evident thatthe cover may be turned to any one side ofthe jar and {interlocked therewith, as above described.

The term jar is used broadly to indicate 2 various receptaclessuch asboxes, cans,

&c.as well as those usually designated as jars.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. The combination with a polygonal jar, of a cover therefor having amarginal groove extending in the plane of said cover, and engageablewith the upper edge of said jar to hold said cover in an uprightposition, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a polygonal jar, of a cover therefor having adepending marginal flange 3 affording a marginal channel 4, said flange3 fitting within said jar and said channel 4 being adapted forengagement with the upper edges of said jar to hold said cover in anupright position, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a polygonal jar, of a cover therefor having adepending marginal flange 3, spaced apart therefrom to afford a marginalchannel 4, and the liable In testimony whereof I aflix my signaturepacking 5 placed in the bottom of sai chanin presence of two Witnesses.nel 4, which flange 8 is adapted to fit Within said jar and whichchannel 4 is adapted to HIJNRX R0111 5 engage the upper edge of said jarto hold WVitnesses:

said cover in an upright position, substan- H. D. KILGORE,

tially as described. 1 F. D. MERCHANT.

